The Dodgers' Juan Uribe breaks his bat on an-RBI double during Monday night's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. MARK J. TERRILL, AP

LOS ANGELES – Much like Bigfoot, a healthy Dodgers roster has been talked about a lot. But no one has ever actually seen one.

"A couple (injuries), you see that. That's just part of the deal. Guys are going to get hurt," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "This has to be close to record-breaking. Seriously. I've never been around a team that's had as many.

"We just have to try to hold on and try to keep fighting until the cavalry comes."

Some of the cavalry spent Sunday in MRI tubes. Shortstop Hanley Ramirez had an MRI to determine the cause of continued discomfort near his injured left hamstring. Ramirez returned from the DL on Tuesday and started one game then was limited to pinch-hitting duty when his leg became a problem again.

"It's just a little bit of fluid built up from my hamstring going down behind my knee," Ramirez said Monday afternoon. "It's right behind my knee. But the hamstring is good. I just have to get the swelling to go down."

Ramirez said he expected to be ready to play again in "a couple days" – a diagnosis Mattingly playfully dismissed.

"We're learning not to listen to Hanley," he said of Ramirez's constantly optimistic, low-end estimates of his own recovery time. "We're listening to our medical people on this one."

Mattingly said a more likely estimate is that "this is not another 15 days," requiring a return trip to the DL. But Ramirez will need "maybe four or five days" to let his leg recover. In the meantime, the Dodgers sent right-hander Matt Magill back to Triple-A Monday and recalled infielder Justin Sellers. The Dodgers' opening-day shortstop, Sellers hit .337 in 24 games since being sent down to Triple-A.

Sellers' addition is likely to be a short-term move. With off days Thursday and next Monday, the Dodgers will not need a fifth starter until next week when left-hander Chris Capuano is likely to come off the DL.

Meanwhile, outfielder Matt Kemp also underwent an MRI on Sunday on his injured hamstring. Mattingly told reporters Sunday that Kemp had "hit a little bit of a snag" while working out in anticipation of going on a minor-league injury-rehabilitation assignment this week. Mattingly tempered that Monday after a fresh MRI showed no new issues with Kemp's hamstring.

Kemp is "getting close," Mattingly said Monday and could go on a rehab assignment when the Dodgers leave on a trip to Pittsburgh and New York which begins Friday. That could put Kemp back in the Dodgers' lineup early next week.

PUIG NEWS

Rookie Yasiel Puig was named the NL Player of the Week for his first week in the big leagues. Puig was 13 for 28 with five multi-hit games in his first seven major-league starts, 10 RBI and four home runs. He led the majors with 27 total bases and the National League with a .964 slugging percentage.

He is the first Dodgers rookie to be named NL Player of the Week since Andre Ethier in July 2006. His 13 hits are the most for a Dodgers rookie through his first seven big-league games.

Puig did all that damage as the leadoff hitter. Monday against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Mattingly moved him to cleanup.

"He's possibly one of the greatest players who ever lived so I figure he can handle the four-hole," Mattingly joked, needling reporters about the weeklong hype that has accompanied Puig's big-league arrival.

"Hitting is hitting," Mattingly said of the move. "I think we make a big deal of all these things. I would prefer to bat him lower, honestly, to let him run and do some things. With what's going on with our team, we're just trying to put together the best lineup we can to give ourselves the best chance to score runs, the best chance to win.

"We've got Nick (Punto) and Mark Ellis out there (at the top of the lineup). Somebody's got to drive in runs. Hopefully, these guys have a chance to get on base ahead of Adrian (Gonzalez, batting third) and Yasiel and we've got a chance to score some runs."

Mattingly said he didn't see the move to the middle of the lineup as a permanent situation for Puig at this point in his career.

"Not really," he said. "I feel like we're going to get Hanley back. We're going to get Matt (Kemp) back. We're going to have guys who are supposed to shoulder that load."

NOTES

Catcher A.J. Ellis (on the DL because of an oblique injury) and Capuano could each go on minor-league injury-rehabilitation assignments in the next few days. Ellis has been taking batting practice and is on track to return when he is eligible Friday. Capuano (latissimus strain) is on schedule to pitch in a minor-league game later this week then rejoin the Dodgers rotation next week.

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